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circuit board manufacturer located in Murrysville,
Pennsylvania.
American Standard Circuits Earns Key
Military Qualification MIL-PRF-50884F
and Expands MIL-PRF-31032
American Standard Circuits' CEO Anaya Vardya an-
nounced recently that his company has officially re-
ceived its military qualification for flex and rigid-flex
printed circuit boards: MIL-PRF- 50884F and MIL-
PRF-31032C, QPL/QML Product Assurance Level,
FSC
5998: Cage Code 4AA34: CN056313, VQ
(VQE-17-031438).
Beyond Scaling: an Electronics
Resurgence Initiative
The Department of Defense's proposed FY 2018
budget includes a $75 million allocation for DARPA
in support of a new, public-private "electronics re-
surgence" initiative. The initiative seeks to under-
gird a new era of electronics in which advances in
per
formance will be catalyzed not just by continued
component miniaturization but also by radically new
microsystem materials, designs, and architectures.
UQ Partners with Lockheed Martin to
Develop Next-Gen Computers for
Aerospace Applications
University of Queensland researchers have part
-
nered with global technology leader Lockheed Mar-
tin to develop next generation computers for aero-
space applications. ARC Future Fellow and project
lead Professor Warwick
Bowen said the partnership
would develop a new approach to computer tech-
nology, with the potential for future commercial im-
pacts in the aerospace industry.
All Flex Expands Primary
Production Facility
All Flex, a manufacturer of flexible printed circuit
boards and flexible heaters, recently completed an
expansion of its primary production facility in North-
field, Minnesota, increasing its fabrication footprint
by 10%. With two facilities in Northfield, the com-
pany invested $400K in consolidating its headquar-
ters into one location, freeing up needed space for
production capacity
, fabrication processes, and im-
proved material flow.
Off-the-Shelf Power-Generating Clothes
Are Almost Here
A lightweight, comfortable jacket that can generate
the power to light up a jogger at night may sound
futuristic, but materials scientist Trisha Andrew at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst could make one
today. They have invented a way to apply breathable,
pliable, metal-free electrodes to fabric and off-the-
shelf clothing so it feels good to the touch and trans-
ports enough electricity to power small electronics.
Eltek Inks Distribution Agreement
with NCAB Group Italy
Eltek Ltd., a global manufacturer and supplier of
technologically advanced solutions in the field of
printed circuit boards, announced today an agree
-
ment with NCAB Group Italy to distribute Eltek's
products in Italy.
Tucking
in to NIST's '3D Printer' Testbed
3D printing of metal objects is a booming industry,
with the market for products and services worth
more than an estimated $2.3 billion in 2015—a
nearly five-fold growth since 2010.
Faster, More Nimble Drones on the Horizon
There's a limit to how fast autonomous vehicles can
fly while safely avoiding obstacles. That's because
the cameras used on today's drones can only process
images so fast, frame by individual frame. Beyond
roughly 30 miles per hour, a drone is likely to crash
simply because its cameras can't keep up.
DARPA Picks Design for Next-Generation
Spaceplane
DARPA has selected The Boeing Company to com
-
plete advanced design work for the Agency's Experi-
mental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which aims to
build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hy-
personic aircraft that would bolster national security
by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space.
Compunetics and Circuits,
LLC
Announce Acquisition
Compunetics Inc. is pleased to announce it has
concluded an agreement with Circuits,
LLC to ac-
quire the assets of Circuits, LLC, a flexible printed
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